Tag: Washington D.C.

Field report from DC

I snuck out last week and headed off to Washington DC. There is no pending legislation, but we were offered support from “DCO2” – Don’t Cage Our Ocean – who are working on legislation against industrial fin-fish farming. This is…

Report from Washington D.C.

Last week found the OCR office and staff (Gwynn and myself) with a few hundred other ocean conservationists and activists out in Washington DC attending the fifth annual Blue Vision Summit. This convening has been growing in stature since its…

Off to Washington

While our mission is to understand the impacts of human-generated noise on marine life, we also work to bring our understanding into the public dialog to inform policy and practice. So as you read this Gwynn and I will be…

Field Report from the Washington DC

I am spending this week in Washington DC in response to the recent announcement by the Obama Administration that offshore oil deposits will be evaluated for exploration and production. There has been (and will be) a series of public hearings…